mr. pitts: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pitts: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in support of house resolution 1033, the national autism awareness month. and i'm pleased to join the gentleman from pennsylvania, the co-chair of the autism caucus, and the other -- on behalf of the other co-chair of the autism caucus, the gentleman from njcaa, mr. smith, as well as the gentleman from washington, mr. reichert, the prime sponsor, and mr. bachus of alabama and mr. gerlach from pennsylvania who are the other sponsors of this resolution. the resolution as was stated acknowledges april as national autism awareness month. and supports the research efforts for the causes and treatment of autism. and i would like to recognize the efforts of those who have gone through the appropriate training and who provide support to individuals with autism. i would also like to recognize the parents, the relatives, the frie

mr. pitts: websites ask web surfers to bet online. online poker sites advertised openly on tv, books on how to get rich by gambling online, the problem is that online gambling is illowell. that's why congress passed the gambling enforcement act of 2006 to provide the tolls and mechanisms to enforce the law. americans will send billions of dollars to online casinos. the justice department has warned that many of those sites are fronts for money laundering, drug trafficking and even terrorist financing. at its core, the laws about protecting american families from addiction, bankruptcy and crime. all you node is a compouter, credit card and -- need is a computer, credit card and internet access. real lives, including those of minor children, are being affected by illowell online gambling and it's -- illegal online gambling and it's time this congress enforce the law. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? mr. payne: to drefment the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gent

mr. pitts: mr. speaker, tax day. today is a grim day for many americans. it was only last week that the average american taxpayer had worked enough days to pay their annual bill. and the current congress is looking to add even more days to that burden. in the present congress alone, taxes have been increased by $670 billion. and at least 14 new taxes will hit middle income americans. at the end of the year the death tax will snap back up to its 2001 level, gobbling up family farms and small businesses. marginal tax rates will snap back up to previous levels, reducing america's take-home pay, and now we hear that the administration may consider a new value-added tax to pay for the entitlements and increased government spending. the simple fact is that more money in the pocket of the government is less in the bank accounts of our families and businesses. today is a grim tax day, but i worry that 2011 will look much worse for the american taxpayer. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from new j

mr. pitts: mr. speaker, beginning in the fall of 2008, congress approved and the bush and obama administrations began to hand out taxpayer money freely to banks and eventually auto companies with little transparency and in some cases little hope that the money would be repaid. now the senate is set to consider legislation that will create a permanent culture of bailouts on wall street. the legislation moves us away from sending failed companies into bankruptcy and toward government managed bailouts. there would be a different set of rules for the largest firms. rules that create a perverse incentive for these companies to take risk. rules that encourage low rates for the largest firms because of the implicit government guarantee. ultimately we would be creating a dozen new fannie and freddies not reforming a broken system of government oversight. i think the american people have had enough of bailouts. the bill creates an endless cycle of failure where wall street bankers are the only ones that come

mr. pitts: mr. speaker, as a nation one of our strongest allies in the middle east is israel.decades we have stood with this free and democratic state as it has been assaulted. we have always respected the right of israel to defend itself and build for itself a stronger nation. but now our president is causing problems for our ally. the president takes offense at the bureaucratic approval of settlements. these are not settlements deep in the heart of the west bank. they are in their capital, jerusalem. east jerusalem is an area where half the jewish population of the capital city currently resides. the prime minister has made clear this is an area that will be part of israel in any peace settlement considered. and just a few weeks, israel will celebrate its 62nd year as an independent nation. the united states was the first to stand and recognize israel on the day of their independence, and since that time we have remained close allies. let's not let this close relationship move apart. the president should stop giving the gold shoal shoulder to our friends -- cold shoulder to

gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. pitts. >> thank you mr. chairman. antimicrobrials drugs have saved countless lives over the last half century. and enhance the quality of life for many more people. unfortunately we are observing a growing amount of bacterial resistance to antibiotics and infectious diseases are increasingly difficult to treat as a result. there are multiple reasons for our micros becoming drug-resistant including in a proper use by physicians and inadequate diagnostics, hospital use and agricultural use. i was pleased to see that in the majority's memo for this hearing they noted that quote, bob the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases and knowledge there is debate about the public health impact of an antimicrobrials use in animal agriculture. particularly in animal feed. because i believe that the legitimate and judicious use of a antibiotics in animal agriculture has been unfairly attacked and demonized in recent years. fda puts these drugs through a rigorous approval process with many new or antibiotics having bee

gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. pitts. >> thank you mr. chairman.antimicrobrials drugs have saved countless lives over the last half century. and enhance the quality of life for many more people. unfortunately we are observing a growing amount of bacterial resistance to antibiotics and infectious diseases are increasingly difficult to treat as a result. there are multiple reasons for our micros becoming drug-resistant including in a proper use by physicians and inadequate diagnostics, hospital use and agricultural use. i was pleased to see that in the majority's memo for this hearing they noted that quote, bob the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases and knowledge there is debate about the public health impact of an antimicrobrials use in animal agriculture. particularly in animal feed. because i believe that the legitimate and judicious use of a antibiotics in animal agriculture has been unfairly attacked and demonized in recent years. fda puts these drugs through a rigorous approval process with many new or antibiotics having been

mr. pitts: this week i received a letter from a friend who works for a medical device company who is looking to expand the company by attracting an angel investors. who are they? they are wealthy individuals who invest in companies with promise. they are not speculators, they are not brokers, they are individuals with vision who seek out entrepreneurs with creative ideas. new regulations proposed in the senate financial reform bill would require a 120-day waiting period for startup seeking funds and add more restrictions on the minimum assets or income needed to become an angel investor. angel investing is not what brought down our economy. in fact, startups funded by such investments provided 10% of all new jobs even though they count for 1%. starbucks, costco, facebook, google, the list of successful angel companies is long. in my friend's case, if his company is not able to attract new investment, they are unable to hire new workers or invest equipment. we should not cut short job growth wit

he reminded me of a george clooney or brad pitt this fascination people had with mr. mahmoud ahmadinejad. the questions like how many kids do you have? do you love new york? how many kids are in your jails? how many are being raped as we speak? you know, those questions, of course. and it reminded me -- when i thought of that view -- because, you see, the whole idea is that you need to look at a nation, at an individual, at any -- at any -- at reality through diverse eyes. through different perspectives in order to come as close as you can to one -- to the whole -- to the whole image. and in order to understand a country like iran, in order to understand a country like united states, you need to understand it. not just through the eyes of the governments. even when the governments -- even when the politicians are democratic. far worse when you live in a totalitarian society whose first act is to take away the group of voices. to reduce all voices. to just one image. and so the point here -- and what i celebrate now -- and in a meeting like this is that finally those v

he reminded me of a george clooney or brad pitt this fascination people had with mr.mahmoud ahmadinejad. the questions like how many kids do you have? do you love new york? how many kids are in your jails? how many are being raped as we speak? you know, those questions, of course. and it reminded me -- when i thought of that view -- because, you see, the whole idea is that you need to look at a nation, at an individual, at any -- at any -- at reality through diverse eyes. through different perspectives in order to come as close as you can to one -- to the whole -- to the whole image. and in order to understand a country like iran, in order to understand a country like united states, you need to understand it. not just through the eyes of the governments. even when the governments -- even when the politicians are democratic. far worse when you live in a totalitarian society whose first act is to take away the group of voices. to reduce all voices. to just one image. and so the point here -- and what i celebrate now -- and in a meeting like this is that finally those vo

he reminded me of a george clooney or brad pitt this fascination people had with mr.ahmoud ahmadinejad. the questions like how many kids do you have? do you love new york? how many kids are in your jails? how many are being raped as we speak? you know, those questions, of course. and it reminded me -- when i thought of that view -- because, you see, the whole idea is that you need to look at a nation, at an individual, at any -- at any -- at reality through diverse eyes. through different perspectives in order to come as close as you can to one -- to the whole -- to the whole image. and in order to understand a country like iran, in order to understand a country like united states, you need to understand it. not just through the eyes of the governments. even when the governments -- even when the politicians are democratic. far worse when you live in a totalitarian society whose first act is to take away the group of voices. to reduce all voices. to just one image. and so the point here -- and what i celebrate now -- and in a meeting like this is that finally those voi

he reminded me of a george clooney or brad pitt this fascination people had with mr. mahmoud ahmadinejad. the questions like how many kids do you have? do you love new york? how many kids are in your jails? how many are being raped as we speak? you know, those questions, of course. and it reminded me -- when i thought of that view -- because, you see, the whole idea is that you need to look at a nation, at an individual, at any -- at any -- at reality through diverse eyes. through different perspectives in order to come as close as you can to one -- to the whole -- to the whole image. and in order to understand a country like iran, in order to understand a country like united states, you need to understand it. not just through the eyes of the governments. even when the governments -- even when the politicians are democratic. far worse when you live in a totalitarian society whose first act is to take away the group of voices. to reduce all voices. to just one image. and so the point here -- and what i celebrate now -- and in a meeting like this is that finally those v

he reminded me of a george clooney or brad pitt this fascination people had with mr. mahmoud ahmadinejad. the questions like how many kids do you have? do you love new york? how many kids are in your jails? how many are being raped as we speak? you know, those questions, of course. and it reminded me -- when i thought of that view -- because, you see, the whole idea is that you need to look at a nation, at an individual, at any -- at any -- at reality through diverse eyes. through different perspectives in order to come as close as you can to one -- to the whole -- to the whole image. and in order to understand a country like iran, in order to understand a country like united states, you need to understand it. not just through the eyes of the governments. even when the governments -- even when the politicians are democratic. far worse when you live in a totalitarian society whose first act is to take away the group of voices. to reduce all voices. to just one image. and so the point here -- and what i celebrate now -- and in a meeting like this is that finally those v